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In September 2019, First announced plans to withdraw the route on 27 October. [1] [2] The company claimed passenger numbers had been falling for several years and blamed this on factors including increased journey times as a result of congestion on the M74 motorway which made the bus less attractive when compared to competing rail services. The ...
In January 2016, branded Platinum buses were deployed on the route. They were the first in Aberdeen to include USB chargers. [2] [1]On 3 July 2022, the route was altered to use Links Road instead of Park Street and to call at the Beach Retail Park, following the rerouting of route 15.
Aberdeen bus station is the terminus for Stagecoach services to outlying villages and towns. Services include the Jet 727, a frequent service linking the bus station at Union Square to Aberdeen Airport, the X7 Coastrider, and the Buchan Express. The city is the northern terminus of the X7 which runs to Perth via Dundee and many towns along the ...
At the time, there were several bus stations in use in Aberdeen. However, in March 1960, the company announced that it did not intend to develop the Upper Denburn site and had instead selected a site on the grounds of the Joint Railway Station (now Aberdeen railway station). [2] [3] The new bus station opened on 15 April 1963. [4] Redevelopment ...
In 2002, the company began trading in the Republic of Ireland, acquiring Cummer Commercials, which operated on the Dublin to Galway route (and also traded as CityLink Express). The route has since been rebranded to the yellow-blue Citylink livery (although without the "Scottish" prefix) and has expanded to provide services from Galway to Shannon.
Following its departure from Aberdeen bus station, the service heads via Market Street, Union Street, and the Gallowgate, where it passes the North East Scotland College campus. At the end of the Gallowgate, the service continues on the A96 through Kittybrewster , Woodside , and Bucksburn .
Since July 2014, the route has been made up of two sections. Before this date, buses would run the entirety of the route, but since July 2014 services operate between Peterborough and Norwich (as excel) and Norwich and Lowestoft (X1) separately, with all services in both directions terminating at Norwich Bus Station. Passengers travelling ...
From 16 February 2006, the slower Citylink service between Dundee, Perth and Glasgow became available to book through the Megabus website, restoring Perth bus station to the Megabus network. The same day of the Citylink service modifications, the London to Manchester route was extended to Preston , with some journeys extended to Blackpool or ...